(Clearwisdom.net) After reading a fellow practitioner's article titled "Some Thoughts on Using Divine Powers," [editor's note: this article was not translated into English] regarding divine powers, I found that I could really relate to the views expressed. When fellow practitioners were illegally arrested and imprisoned, if they used human notions to try to overcome their difficulties it would be very difficult to stop the evil; only a divine mind can break apart the evil.
In 2001, a fellow practitioner told me that when she went to Tiananmen Square, she saw the police arrest many practitioners, but not her, because at that time she was thinking, "The police are human, I am god." How could they capture her?
When I was persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 2005 at the Qingyang District Hospital, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, a few practitioners there were tortured to death. I thought, "There is no way you can persecute me." While I was there I noticed that the doctors prescribed drugs and medication according to what the police told them. So, I followed my understanding of Teacher's article, "Stop the Evil Acts with Righteous Thoughts." Regardless of whether the prescribed medication was good or bad, I would transfer all of their effects onto the police who were persecuting me. At night when I could not use the bathroom, as nobody came to unlock my handcuffs and shackles, I had one thought, "Transfer my bodily waste to the guard who holds the keys to my cell. Let him go to the toilet instead of me." One time, when I did not cooperate with the police in the hospital, a policeman began to hit me with a wooden board around my head and face, until it fell to pieces. Then he threw the broken wood on the floor and left. He was quiet for the rest of the day. Then, after dinner he returned to collect the pieces of broken wood and left again. He did not look as aggressive anymore. I believe my righteous thoughts had stopped his evil actions.
When I was sent to a forced labor camp there was a drug addict who was warm hearted and who liked to help others, but was deeply affected by the CCP's atheist culture, and could not clearly distinguish between good and bad. I told her, "Good is rewarded and evil is punished." Not only did she not believe me, she even yelled, "What are you so proud of, you are already labeled as anti-communist!" At that time, I wanted her to truly believe that there were gods right above her head. When she was released a few days later, I thought that she would still receive karmic retribution even after she returned home. Later, I was sent to the hospital for a second time after I was persecuted again. There I met the same drug addict again. She had already been in the hospital for more than forty days. She told me that she would never help the CCP to persecute Falun Gong again. When I asked her what had happened to her since I last saw her, she said, "Because of stealing, I was arrested and taken to the police station, I then tripped and fell, and broke my back. The doctor said that I might never walk again. Luckily, a Falun Gong practitioner came to visit me and told me to recite 'Falun Dafa is good. Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance are good.' This practitioner was a good friend of my mother, so I trusted her, otherwise I would not have recited these words."
I told the drug addict, "Some good can come out of a tribulation. I congratulate you for making the right decision." I thought, "If I let her suffer retribution, but did not help her to understand 'Falun Dafa is good,' wouldn't I have harmed her? Then there would be resentment between us. However, Master helped to solve this predicament." Think of what a sacred Dafa that we are cultivating, one cannot come to it in tens of thousands of years, there is no word to describe it. Think of the sentient beings who have been brainwashed in China; there are still so many who don't want to listen to the truth. Think of our fellow practitioners who have been practicing for more than ten years, and still can't let go of their attachments. In Zhuan Falun Teacher said,
"Except for the demons that will deceive you, nobody else will teach you and you will not be able to practice cultivation in the future. If I cannot save you, nobody else can do it."
Carefully think about this section of the Fa. Is there any reason why we don't progress with diligence and dedication in the Fa?
